Facebook creates problems for government workers

December 29, 2010 4:14:22 PM PST

MILAM COUNTY, Texas --

A string of viruses started infecting several computers in the government offices of Milam County, Texas. Judge Frank Summers was first elected 11 years ago and this was the worst he's seen it. So he had the IT Department do some investigating.

"We did a study back in November, early December and learned that the average Milam County City employee was spending about 5 hours and 15 minutes of every work day on Facebook," he said.

In fact, county workers spent more time on Facebook than they did working.